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Hesperidin alleviates endothelial cell inflammation and apoptosis of Kawasaki disease through inhibiting the TLR4/IĸBα/NF-ĸB pathway
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  • Xiaoling Guo,
  • Yuting Guan,
  • Jinghua Ruan,
  • Pingping Tan,
  • Songwei Qian,
  • Size Zhou,
  • Ao Zhang,
  • Yuchong Fu,
  • Shuhui Zhao,
  • Yuqing Ran,
  • Xing Feng,
  • Yijia Wang,
  • Xinlei Wu,
  • Weiping Ji,
  • Lianpin Wu
Xiaoling Guo
Wenzhou Medical University The 2nd School of Medicine

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Yuting Guan
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Jinghua Ruan
Zhejiang University
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Pingping Tan
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Songwei Qian
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Size Zhou
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Ao Zhang
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Yuchong Fu
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Shuhui Zhao
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Yuqing Ran
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Xing Feng
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Yijia Wang
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Xinlei Wu
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Weiping Ji
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Lianpin Wu
The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Abstract

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is an acute and self-limiting vasculitis of unknown etiology that mainly occurs in infancy and can lead to vascular endothelial injury. Hesperidin (HES) is an economical dietary biological flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic pharmacological effects. The main objective of this study was to investigate the protective effects of HES on KD, and try to elucidate the underlying mechanism. The Candida albicans water-soluble fraction (CAWS) was used to induce coronary arteritis of KD mouse model in vivo, and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) was employed to induce human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) injury of KD cell model in vitro to investigate the anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects of HES on KD. Our in vivo results showed that HES significantly reduced coronary artery injury in KD mice by alleviating pericoronary inflammatory infiltration and tissue fibrosis, inhibiting inflammatory cytokines and chemokines expressions, and decreasing vascular endothelial cell apoptosis. Our in vitro study confirmed that HES had the opposite ability of the NF-κB agonist NF-ĸB activator 1 (ACT1) to significantly alleviate the inflammatory response, CellROX level, and apoptosis by decreasing BAX/BCL-2 and Cleaved Caspase-3 levels as well as reducing TUNEL positive cells and the ratio of flow cytometry apoptotic cells in TNF-α induced HUVECs. The further mechanism study based on bioinformatics analysis and western blot demonstrated that HES could protect against vascular inflammation and cell apoptosis of KD through inhibiting the TLR4/IĸBα/NF-ĸB pathway, suggesting that HES may be a promising therapeutic candidate for KD.